Rachel Elizabeth Boston (born May 9, 1982) is an American actress and producer. Boston has had leading roles in a number of independent films, and was a regular cast member in several television series. She starred in the

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drama series, ''

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'' as Beth Mason from 2002 to 2005, in the short-lived CBS sitcom ''

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'' in 2008, and on the

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series ''

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'' from 2008 to 2012. From 2013 to 2014, Boston starred as Ingrid Beauchamp in the Lifetime fantasy-drama series, ''

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''.

Early life

Was born in

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, to William Terry Boston and Brenda Billingsley Boston. Her father was executive vice president of power system operations for the

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. She grew up in

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, before moving to New York City at the age of seventeen to attend

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. She was

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in 1999, placing in the Top 10 at the national pageant.

Career

Boston starred in the

series ''

'', which aired from 2002 to 2005. She portrayed the character Beth Pryor (née Mason), the wife of the oldest son of the Pryor family, around whom the series was centered. She has made guest appearances in other series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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,'' and '' NCIS''. Rachel Boston12PF1

Boston landed the lead role on ABC's Ric Swartzlander comedy pilot ''The News'' (2007). The show was set in a chaotic

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television newsroom. Boston played a rising star at the station who had recently been promoted to executive producer of all news programs. Boston also starred with Donal Logue in the Fox pilot "Hackett", directed by

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, and starred with

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and

Christine Baranski Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress. She is a 15-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom ''Cybill'' ...

in the CBS pilot ''Inseparable''. Boston starred as Daphne Bloom in the short-lived CBS series ''

''. In that same year she also guest starred on NBC's '' ER'' playing an American soldier. She filmed ''

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'' with

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and

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in February 2008. She has also filmed ''

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'' with

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and

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in spring 2008. In early 2011, Boston joined the cast of

's hit series ''

'', where she played Abigail Chaffee, an Albuquerque Police Detective and the love interest of Marshall Mann (

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). For the fifth and final season, Boston continued her role as a series regular. RachelBoston

For her role opposite Noah Bean in the independent feature ''The Pill'', Boston garnered rave reviews on the festival circuit and earned accolades including the Best Actress Award from the

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, the Stargazer Award from the

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, and the Emerging Artist Award from the Big Apple Film Festival. Boston was the executive producer for the independent film ''Black Marigolds'', and also starred in the film, which reunited her with her costar from ''The Pill'', Noah Bean. The film was shot over a 2-week span in the

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of Southern California. In 2012, Boston starred in the feature film ''

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'' alongside

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and

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. In the fall of 2012, Boston would then be cast as one of the leads in the Lifetime fantasy-drama series ''

'', based on a novel of the same name by

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, opposite

Julia Ormond Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is an English actress. She rose to prominence by appearing in ''The Baby of Mâcon'' (1993), '' Legends of the Fall'' (1994), '' First Knight'' (1995), '' Sabrina'' (1995), '' Smilla's Sense of Snow'' (1 ...

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and

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. The show debuted on October 6, 2013. During her tenure on ''Witches of East End'', she was cast in the original independent romantic comedy ''A Ring by Spring'', a ''Hallmark'' original film, directed by

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. Shortly thereafter she was cast in

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' original telefilm ''A Gift of Miracles'', opposite Jesse Moss and

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. Shortly after Lifetime's cancellation of ''Witches of East End'', Boston signed on to

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's original telefim, ''Ice Sculpture Christmas'', a part of Hallmark's 2015 Countdown to Christmas event. In April 2016, Boston completed work on ''Hallmark Channels original telefilm ''

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'', co-starring

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, Lini Evans and

Teryl Rothery Teryl Rothery is a Canadian actress of stage, television, and film. She is best known for portraying Janet Fraiser in the TV series ''Stargate SG-1''. She co-starred as Grace Sherman in ''Cedar Cove (TV series), Cedar Cove'', and has had major ...

. At the end of 2016, Boston announced a partnership with ''Hallmark'' and author de la Cruz on a new original movie, ''Christmas in Angel Falls'', which is about an angel who falls in love during the Christmas season. Between 2018 and 2019, Rachel would sign on to her first theatrical leading role in 6 years, in the film ''I Hate Kids'' opposite

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. In November 2018, Rachel would guest on the

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drama, the Good Doctor as Claire's college roommate and friend, Kayla, who is seeking treatment for her cancer.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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